Taurus_Londono comments on Variable Question Fallacies - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Taurus_Londono 12 April 2013 05:15:00PM 0 points [-]

"Oh my gosh! 'The Sun goes around the Earth' is true for Hunga Huntergatherer, but for Amara Astronomer, 'The Sun goes around the Earth' is false! There is no fixed truth!" The deconstruction of this sophomoric nitwittery is left as an exercise to the reader.

An apt way to put it. That this worthless dimestore philosophy so often underlies contemporary contemplative discourse by relatively intelligent people never ceases to bewilder and sadden me. (see example below)

Comment author: Document 12 April 2013 06:02:25PM 0 points [-]

Below for who?